Time-table



(No Model.)

G. W. LISHAWA.

TIME TABLE.

Patented Dec.. 15, 1891.

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UNITED 'STATES PATENT OFFICE,

GEORGE WV. LISHAWA, OF HARTWELL, OHIO.

TIME-TABLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 465,379, dated December 15, 1891.

Application filed December 2, 1890. Serial No. 373,339. (No model.)

To aIZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, GEORGE W. LISHAWA, of Hartwell, in the county of Hamilton and State of Ohio, have invented a new and useful Improvement 4in Time-Tables, which improvement is fully set forth in the following specification and accompanying drawings, in which- Figure I is a front view of my improved ready-reference time-table in book form, and Fig. II a perspective plan view of the same.

My invention relates to improvements in the form and arrangement of time-tables for railways; and its object is to provide a simple, compact, and inexpensive device whereby the traveling public may readily ascertain the time of departure or arrival of each and every train traveling a particular line of road in either direction; also the distances between the stations, the character of the various trains, and all particulars connected with their movements.

It is conceded that the schedules in general use are complicated and dificult to understand, being mainly designed for officers and selves familiar with the details which are neoessary for their instruction and guidance.

My invention consists in condensing the tables, so that they may be displayed on the pages of a small book, which may be conveniently carried in a ticket-pocket.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, a, designates the first page of the book, having on the outer margin of the inside alist of the stations in their order. Adjoining this is a column b, showing the distances between the stations, followed by a series of columns c, having at the top the numbers which desig- Below the numbers are words or abbreviations indicating whether the respective trains run daily 6r otherwise. Reading downward and on the lines leading from the names of the stations the time at which any trainis due at any station is readily seen. A series of narrow leaves o5 provide space for additional columns, which may be required for any desired number of trains. The transverse lines on the narrow leaves register with those in the station-column, and any train may be easily found byturning the narrow leaves to the left. By this means all the train-columns are brought close to they By simply inverting the book on the outer margin of the inside of the last page the stations will be found in reverse order'for trains traveling in the opposite direction, and the matter printed lon the named leaves and the arrangement thereof will register with or conform to what is printed on the outer margin of the inside of the last leaf. Blank spaces in the train-columns indicate that trains do not stop at the stations opposite the spaces. The lower margins of the tables aiford space for special notices referring to exceptional movements of the trains.

If desired, the book may contain the schedules for several different railways without increasing its size to an extent which would render it inconvenient for a pocket.

It will of course be understood that the use of the descriptive Words first and last in relation to the outer leaves is meant to designate the one or the other of said leaves of the book or time-table. In use the one or the other of said leaves will be iirst, according as the traveler is going out or coming back on the train.

What I claim as new is- Acondensed invertible time-table in bookf form, consisting of a station-list, a column of distances on the outer margins of the inside of the iirst and last pages, but in reverse order on the respective pages, and respectively succeeded in orderv by combined train and time columns displayed on aseries of narrow leaves having transverse lines which register with the respective stations and whereby the train-columns are brought close to the list of stations, and by simply inverting the said time-table it can be used for trains going either way.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand, this 26th day of November, 1890, in the presence of Witnesses.

R. S. MILLAR, L. M. ADAMS. 

